Internal defibrillation: Pain perception of low energy shocks

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1090-1093

  Steinhaus, David M ^a   Cardinal, Debbie S ^a   Mongeon, Luc ^b   Musley, Shailesh Kumar ^b   Foley, Laura ^a   Corrigan, Susie ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Intracardiac electrical cardioversion; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENERGY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; IMPLANT; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0036316526     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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